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Having beaten Europe’s top Go professional in October, Deepmind’s AlphaGo computer program is now set to face the world’s top Go professional this week in a five game match for $1 million stakes. Will the solar eclipse hours before the match starts affect the outcome?

He’s an amazingly talented a capella singer, so there’s no reason why he should even consider giving up until well after he’s become a household name. But, don’t take my word for it, check out his Youtube channel if you don’t believe me.

My friend Alan from the social media stock market Empire Avenue has recently published an eBook introduction to the game. He kindly agreed to write up an introduction to Empire Avenue for Buzzfeed readers which I’ve published below (modified slightly and with pictures).

Granted, it wasn’t “leagues under the sea”, but we’re fairly sure Captain Nemo would have taken an interest in this particular octopus nonetheless. Click here to see what else you missed at this year’s Burning Man Festival.

The Christian Student Fellowship recently exploded the world record for the largest water balloon fight (for the third time) with nearly 9,000 participants tossing over 175,000 water balloons on the University of Kentucky’s Johnson Center Field.

While some people ride snakes, others try to smuggle them onto airplanes, and still others apparently bite them (at least when drunk). I’ve heard snake meat tastes like chicken, but raw?!
“The suspect, David Senk, 54, was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully maiming or mutilating a reptile, Sacramento police said. The badly injured snake underwent surgery.”

Yes, Domino’s Pizza plans to build the first pizza restaurant on the moon (and they’ll deliver). Noids in spaaaace! Just contemplate how much could go wrong in this scenario for a second or two… but, boy that dough will sure have hang time! The estimated cost for the project - $21 billion; it’ll be the least profitable restaurant in the franchise for centuries (unless they plan to charge customers the moon, of course).

The Hovding “invisible” bicycle helmet (it’s actually an airbag helmet which deploys based on accelerometer readings) has won the Index: Award design prize for the Play category. Because, let’s face it, we ALL want to look like these hipster Swedes when we go out for a bike ride amIright?
The helmets will set you back $450, (plastic surgery and wardrobe NOT included).

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This is the most perspective-lacking Tumblr post I’ve ever seen that doesn’t involve politics. But it makes the late ’90s sound awesome. Way more awesome than they were. But awesome.
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I’ve curated a group on PeerIndex featuring all the top Social Media scorers I could find. I’m still adding names to it, so don’t worry if you aren’t on it yet! Anyway, when I took this screenshot it had 1337 views today. Coincidence? ! 7 |-| ! |\| |< |\| 0 7

Will Chris Pirillo from Lockergnome be able to break the record to 100 eaves per share on the social media stock market game Empire Avenue? The current record set earlier this week by AT&T - 5 days. Chris is currently trading at 86 per share on his third day in the game. Attn: Jon Steinberg are you listening?

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